KERR COUNTY, TEXAS — The Texas Department of State Health Services notified Camp Mystic in April 2026 that the Kerr County camp has not met health and safety requirements and must make changes to receive its license to operate. The letter gives the camp 45 days to address the deficiencies in order to obtain its operating license.

The required changes include revisions to the camp's emergency and parent-notification processes. The letter states that Camp Mystic has an insufficient emergency warning system, lacks a floodplain map showing the locations of camper cabins and has a flawed fire evacuation plan.

A spokesperson for Camp Mystic said the camp still intends to open for campers on May 30. "Our priority remains the safety and wellbeing of our campers, and we hope to continue the nearly century-long mission and ministry of Camp Mystic to provide a Christian camping experience for girls that allows them to grow physically, mentally and spiritually," the spokesperson said.

Camp Mystic, a Texas Christian summer camp, has been planning to open a site separate from the one hit by deadly flooding on July 4, 2025. A catastrophic flood along the Guadalupe River at the camp's Kerr County site that month killed 25 girls, two counselors and the camp owner. More than 130 people in the region died due to the floods.

In February 2026, the families of nine victims of the flood sued the state, alleging it failed to properly demand an evacuation plan from the camp. Under Texas administrative code, camps are required to report deaths to state health regulators within 24 hours.

The camp director acknowledged that the camp did not have a detailed written flood evacuation plan. He said earlier action could have saved lives but that camp officials could not have anticipated the scale of the storm.